Criteria for Sustainable Corruption Control

Abstract

Curbing corruption is now a major focus of institutional reform. In the context of endemic corruption, reforming institutions might contribute to short‐term success, but this needs to be complemented by what one might call sustainable corruption control, making corruption an incidental problem over the long term. The first section aims to justify and define this goal and to suggest a set of useful indicators. The following contribution draws attention to three criteria for achieving and maintaining low levels of corruption, the stakeholders, the feasibility and credibility of the process and the international dimension of control.